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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"healthcare-associated infections"”.
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Institutional and Patient Level Predictors of Multi-Drug Resistant Healthcare-Associated Infections
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) caused by multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) are an important patient safety concern resulting in a substantial financial and clinical burden. This dissertation aims to contribute to the evidence base on institutional and patient level factors that predict …
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Data Augmentation and Machine Learning for Risk Assessment in Healthcare Associated Infections
… data collected in medical studies in the area of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) to obtain useful classifier models. The results of this interdisciplinary work improve patient risk stratification and lead to targeted infection prevention and control interventions. This Thesis addresses …
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The Role of Facilities Management in the Control of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)
… body of evidence now exist, which suggests that Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. There is, however, a paucity of empirical knowledge and evidence-base of the role of Facilities Management (FM) in the control of HAI. Therefore, the main aim of …
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Hospital Infection Control Practice: Preventing, Identifying, and Measuring Healthcare-Associated Infections in an Ever-Changing Environment
<p>Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in U.S. hospitals. HAI prevention is receiving increased attention on account of recent legislative mandates related to public reporting of hospital infection rates and limitations in hospital …
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Learning to prevent healthcare-associated infections : leveraging data across time and space to improve local predictions
… and data mining to build models that will help healthcare providers improve patient outcomes. However, building useful models from these datasets presents many technical problems. Among the challenges are the large number of factors (both intrinsic and extrinsic) influencing a patient's risk of …
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Public Reporting Of Healthcare-Associated Infections: The Impact Of Public Policy On Healthcare Organizations And Patient Outcomes
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a significant source of morbidity and mortality in U.S. hospitals. Policy makers have responded with a variety of state and federal policies to reduce infections by increasing the visibility and accountability of hospital performance. One policy …
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Developing a knowledge management framework for facilities management services for the control of exogenous healthcare associated infections (HCAI) in NHS hospitals
… and adverse complications arising from healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) have been well documented as one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality by successive governments and healthcare professional bodies in the United Kingdom (UK). The significance of these challenges …
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An exploration of the use of theory and visualisation in behaviour change interventions to help healthcare staff prevent and control healthcare-associated infections.
Changing healthcare staff's behaviours is of paramount importance in improving infection prevention and control (IPC), and decreasing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Thus many supportive interventions have been developed in pertinent areas, such as hand hygiene (HH). The concepts of theory …
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Increasing Compliance of Personal Protective Equipment S election and Use for Isolation Precautions Among RNs & NAs on a Med-Surg Unit
… among patients, themselves, and the community, healthcare workers (HCWs) must be knowledgeable and confident in selecting the appropriate type of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the use in technique when putting on (donning) and removing (doffing) PPE based on the level of isolation …
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The development of smart-bandage technologies
Healthcare associated infections of wound sites are a complex problem with substantial effects on patient morbidity and financial ramifications to healthcare bodies. The increasing interest in novel diagnostic strategies and preventing infections have led to an incursion of research into the topic. …
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TAILORING SURFACES FOR POTENTIAL INHIBITION OF BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS
… from contaminated surfaces that contribute to healthcare-associated infections. Such coatings for use in healthcare settings should be durable with minimal cytotoxicity, and transparency would be essential for use with certain devices. In this thesis, surface-immobilized quaternized chitosan …
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Exploring the biofilm of Candida auris as it relates to persistence in clinical setting and susceptibility to antimicrobials
… resistant pathogens are responsible for many healthcare-associated infections (HAI) [1, 2]. <em>Candida auris</em> is among these emerging drug-resistant pathogens, first described in 2009. The CDC labels <em>C. auris</em> at the highest level of global public health threat [3,4]. Effective …
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DEVELOPMENT OF PROTEIN-BASED ANTIFUNGALS
… as the only fungi of the top ten pathogens in healthcare associated infections. Healthy individuals have an effective immune defence against invasive mycosis but a compromised immunity resulting from disease or particular treatments renders one vulnerable to opportunistic fungal infection from …
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Impacto da resistência bacteriana no combate das infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections that people get while they are receiving medical treatment for certain health condition in a healthcare environment. When reported, these infections are characterized as more obvious signs of health system inadequacy. The environment occupied …
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Effect of Physical and Chemical Cues on Candida albicans Morphological Expression and Biofilm Formation
… a major contributing factor in the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). HCAIs are responsible for annually causing 100,000 deaths and medical expenses estimated to be $35-45 billion. Physical and chemical surface modification techniques are thought to be critical in the fight …
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Experimental and theoretical investigation of the role of nanofibrous topography feature size on adhesion of Candida albicans
… is responsible for a substantial portion of healthcare associated infections with approximately 99,000 deaths and estimated financial burden of $28-$45 billion annually. Given the long-standing challenges of biofilm eradication, physical and chemical surface modifications to prevent biofilm …
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Characteristics of Nursing Care in Paediatric Wards and Infection Control // Особености на здравните грижи в детско отделение и контрол на инфекциите
… for health systems around the world. Nosocomial infections are a global problem, and children's wards are identified as being at risk of developing these infections. Aim: To investigate the specifics of health care in paediatric wards, the associated organisation of infection control, and staff …
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A Mathematical Model For Optimal Admission Screening For Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus In Acute Care Facilities
… aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common healthcare associated infections (HAIs) worldwide. It has both an economic and personal cost to the healthcare system and infected individuals. Admission screening for MRSA is one method to detect MRSA entering the acute care system. Screening …
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Molecular epidemiology of the multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli sequence type 131-H30 lineage among U.S. children
… resistance among extraintestinal E. coli infections. H30 causes both community- and healthcare-associated infections, and is associated with resistance to several commonly used antimicrobial agents. This dissertation addresses several knowledge gaps about the epidemiology and transmission …
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Infektionsprävention in der außerklinischen Intensivpflege – Ergebnisse eines Scoping Reviews und einer Prävalenzstudie zu Hygienestrukturen sowie dem Vorkommen von Infektionen, Antibiotikagaben und Multiresistenten Erregern
… regionally limited studies on the occurrence of infections and MDROs in HMV. This area of research should be examined more closely as part of a prevalence study. This dissertation describes the situation and the challenges in AIP, especially with regard to infections and MDRO. Within the …
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